Red flower. Turgenev I.

The tragic fate of Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (1855-1888) determined a lot of his artistic language and the theme of his works.

For example, in the story “Red Flower”, the hero at the cost of his own life wants to destroy all evil, Which is concentrated, as it seems to be his imagination, in three poppies growing in the hospital yard. And in the story “Four Days”, another topic was raised - the meaninglessness of the war. There the hero wonders: why was he forced to kill a person to whom he did not experience hostile feelings and, in fact, not guilty of anything? Laisher and officer ”,“ From the memoirs of ordinary Ivanov ”,“ Bears ”.